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* i o uo <5 OO a <*> BSUVIBBD UT OARRISR OB PB1- f *" V * PAID BY BAIL. ^ Brc ptopooil at Uo ei pi rati or ib '!L p rid for without further notice i ,6 ‘ .aera will phase o»«rve the Aster on 1I* 3 ;°Z :V eT*. ! i' <1 , ^truing the psper famiebod for any ?er A tasn one year will have their orders l** 18 * "! ^dod to by remitting the a count I tiroc desirad. advertising. cEVEN WORDS MAKE A LINE, advertisements, per NonpareU line, ‘ T iiCirial, Auction and Amusement adver- .id Special Notices, per Nonpareil fajnt Dl - $■'. .. trices per line, Nonpareil type, 20 Header 11 ^ai oolites, per line, Minion type, M cents, ^r. jiini made on advertisements continued * v eek or longer. REMITTANCES , -•vcrtptlons cr advertising can be made BfuS order, Registered Letter, or Ex risk. AU letters should be ad J. EL EST1LL, Savannah. Ga. Affairs iu Georgia, nail Blodgett, Bryant and Conley, ditie al marplots of Georgia, are mak- , V'-iita lively during the present heated l term. X) sooner was it announced that the .., x-G jvernor had returned to stand than there comes a flood of circa- Jent throngbout the whole State of ... m Conley and Bryant, the rival G€°’= ia B tbeco. Brvai arres 1 the Republican party, calling on or i people of the State to solidly iraia t the convention. Upon the f tlis state of facts, the innocent has hid the immaculate Blodgett d fur an alleged slander published in ,,a Atlanta Republican. This state of things shuws that Blodgett is running the ftpuftic direct ODposition to Mr. Hiyes’ or-in, the Independent, whioh is j v r by Blodgett’s former friend, ^ qaoedara Postmaster of Savannah, inotvu a? A. L. Harris. Harrv Wilborne, who made his escape from jj, e peuiteutiary nine years ago, has re- «• ; r be n captured at Chattanooga. He ?ll pp3se<l to have died, as on the peni le ary b opDosite his name appears ; v ng eudorsement: “Casualty un- h ,ffn—die d—date unknown.” G ver> r Colquitt has appointed Hon. : g t - Hillyer to the vacant Judgeship, wa a t d by the decease of the ’ate Judge Peeples. Sumter coantv has determined io hold a CjQuty lair in which the adjoining counties jj ;;:v;*e l to take a part. I Q Gwinnett county the farmers entertain ic^ of ravages lr >m grasshoppers. Tbt f o.vii g gentlemen have been ap pointed a board of visitors to attend the ex- uuina'.ion of the State University at Athens n the 3d of July, and at the Atlanta Colored Cd.v r-;ty oq the 18ih of June : R. V. Fer re- r, Whitfield county; J. M. Richardson, u:: count}; Heury C. Mitchell, Fulton Henry H. Jones, Bibb county; Chas. 31. >, DiKaJb county; J. W. Glenn, Jack- an ou'; y; George M. Dews, Muscogee ,‘uim .; Mark W. Johns )n, Fulton county; hm e Dunham, Marion county; John B. Jlnilard, Liberty connty. Xue Gaiucevisle Southron says it is four fi-kks "•.nee unin fell iu that section, and in vari- as other places in Northern Georgia complaints are made of the continued A farmer in Hall county engaged corn at ■w . few weeks age and is now delivering i:. Ex-Governor Smith made a speech on the 29 i: lit., at Thomaston, strongly urging tli'. Upauii county people to vote for a oon- : Teatup. " jsand three hundred and eighty- of cotton have been shipp'd fr^m Milledgovillo over the Central Railroad from th W. f September, 1876, to the 1st of June, 1877. The following gentlemen are the nomi- L-.-s to the Constitutional Convention from i! Thirty Ath Sena orial district: John F. Glover, uf Douglas; J. T. Longiuo, of Campbell; Hugh Buchanan and L. H. Leathers ton, of Coweta ; W. A. J. Phlliippa an . II. D. Render, of Meriwether. Ac irroispoudeut writes from Gardi, Wayne county, that the farmers are having a splen did time for housing their oat crop, but crops in general are needing rain very much. The cr< p prospects are very bright in that gectiun. The Radicals are active in their opposi te u t the Constitutional Convention. They art H - ding the State with their pronuncia- I :ros, urging their party to rally to the Polls aud secure the defeat of the conven- The cost of running the public schools of Columbus is estimated at nine thousand dollars. The high schools are to be self- scv.-ining, and no appropriation will be »}r' : from the City Council. ’ \Y. C.in, who was captured in Early ft ..y tome months ago and carried to irt county on a charge of murdering Hr. Gberry, at Lumpkin, in 1875, was re- centiy admitted to bail by Judge Crawford io the sum of $2,500. Bui f ck reached Atlanta on Friday, and as * .-urn from the Constitution has come to Man! his tiiai in the cases the State has J e him. General Gartrell is his lead- lQ »c i-cl. and Messrs. Willis Hawkins and B. P. llill will assist the Solicitor in the Prosecution. Id Rutherford house in Macon was : y?d by fire on Tuesday morning. The -lilding for a number of months past has d by the Bibb county Board of Commissioners for the use of some polored schools. It was an admira- diug for that purpose, as the rooms a 1 large and well ventilated. It is probab’e hat the fire was the work of an poccLdiary. L’.dg j Wiley G. Barks, former Ordinary Ten til county, and well kocfwn as a prom incut aud leading member ot the legal Profession in Southwest Georgia, died at hjine. in Dawson, Tuesday morning. ting of the directors, on Tuesday, W. Adams, who for so many years Been a promiueut official on the South- * ■ ora, a::d subsequently the Contra! Rail- r a '-l, was elected Superintendent of the J u und Brunswick Railroad. phomasville Enterprise says: “On M*’l ist, about four o’clock in the , the residence of E. L. James, C r , >n the Eighteenth district, was ? tp!n, }ed by fire. The husband was away roni,b m;- and the wife had just gone to : l 1-uviug four little childreu iu the Clue of ikes'*, a litile boy about two i, lit a few splinters aud held the >of Lis father’s clothing hang- the wall. From these the fire t.) oiher clothing, and soon the '-Lung was in dames.” ^Ucon Tetegraph says: “One day two }ouug gentlemen from the of g' 1 '*' 1 atrie into towu with a wagon load u s C i some fi teen or eighteen ' ufciri - The frnit was disposed of at three '■ \ rs ,i Jer bushel in less than half an hour, i*e they had made more than half ^Hance around one square.” ^ ‘ineBvi'le Southron says : “ All the iri '- 81D aud upper end of Hall 5^7. ln full blast, and most of them paying i T 1 i!1I !p evt ; r before. The Findley is out- I J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. Scko Of lb bid l At a Hr. f fitdn afteri div IJ.:' J altogether over its palmiest c^; .^ no big sand vein is very rich in- te * ^ ber»* are al* > many new discoveries 1 '1 about Aurana that are ciosiQ^ :< t° stir about devising means of :;, JD Wa ’er upon the mines of that stc- bsl' 1 ?' 1 Gngtavus DeLauncy, one of Colum- lav j . c/tizens, died of gastritis on Mon- i. IUj r" 4 - The Columbus Enquirer says of Hi a / ae was born in Norfolk, Virginia, i.'jij ‘ Uir a refugee from 8<m Domingo, eh-r.j, ; m ^ved to Jones county during the M m J'be deceased. When he had led; ,ut reached matnrity he moved to Mil- “‘“J 1U|I »CU iu uaji Lim., ’ 4ud ln 1833 or 1836 he »» kct.j ’"‘"'v '’' e,[ art county, where he prac- 1 -ditr i if* u 11 “Iter of years. He was a * ' , . 1 'he Indian war, and was severely ' ' j 1- It was perhaps in 1856 that he si .,,,, this C'lirmunitv, where he has re- ■ onto death.” G|Ck Cco ^'® fr<! >d says : “We were Bhown Sea, i,'•' u °f.E°Id the other day collected -V twdt-nce of Mrs. M. A. Davis, at 1 i> i’Ptlngs. The ore is beyond all jin:> UUiue ' and justifies a more careful *** tikCn n iu t3e locality from which it filhtw.li. A ' ic h Bold mine would go • 1 well near Toccoa Just now." SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. ESTABLISHED 1850. Th® Rome Tribune has the following: As the down passenger train on the Selma, Hr :1 j U: Dalton Kailroad was running Wednesday night between Ladiga and Gross Plains it ran over a man sleeping on the track, cutting his head off and other wise mutilating his body. The man was a stranger in the neighborhood, working for a day or two at a tannery, and had been in Cross Plains duriog the day drinking to excess. It is supposed that he had started to his place, and being too drunk to pro ceed, laid down on the track and fell asleep. His name was Wm. Smith. No blame can attach to the engineer, as the unfortunate victim was not discovered in time to stop the train.” The Cartersville Express says : “Mr. W. A. Deweeee lost his child, about fifteen months old, by drowniog, on the 18th ult. Mr. Deweese owns the old ferry kuown as Pucketi’s, across the Etowah river about two miles from town, and his residence is about fifty yards therefrom. 3orae one had left the gate open, aud the child passed out, made its way to the river and it is supposed got on the flat and fell overboard and drowned.” The Early County Hews says: “Mr. W. E. Harris, who has been teaching school in this county for the last few months, was arrestedton Tuesday last by Sheriff Williams on a requisition from the Governor of Ala bama on the Governor of Georgia. Mr. Harris is charged with the crime cf ‘raising- the figures on cotton receipts, and selling the cotton on the raised receipts to a merchant in Columbia, Ala.” Florida Affairs. Mr. S. S. Craig, recently from St. Joe, Mo., was drowned near Sanford, Orange county, last week. Sumter county, it is stated, will make a surplus of corn this season. The Marianna Courier gives a gloomy ac count of the condition of the crops in Jack- son county. Rain is greatly needed. A new steamer, the G. Gunby Jordan, intended for the Chattahoochee aud Apa lachicola rivers, has been launched. Matthew Bozeman, of Lafayette county, was found murdered in his boat on the Suwannee river. A large amount of fraudulent county scrip is said to be in circulation in Levy county. A severe storm was experienced at St. Au gustine on the 28th ult. A portion of the track of the railroad was washed up, but was immediately repaired. The Collector of Cedar Keys has been ad vertising three bottles of smuggled rum for a mouth. The Pensacola post office, which doe3 an average monthly money order business of twelve thousand dollars, is managed at an expense of one thousand eight hundred dollars annually. The postmaster, Zub Elijah, is a colored man, who discharges his duty with remarkable fidelity and honesty. The list of the Episcopal clergy of Florida shows ono bishop, sixteen priests and three deacons. Seventy-seven persons were arrested by the police of Jacksonville duriog the mouth just passed, for the following offences: Drunkenness, 18; inmates of houses of ill- fame, 1G; disorderly conduct, 12; fighting, 9; vagrancy, 6; larceny, 5; gambling, 4; re sisting police,3; carrying concealed weapons, 1; indecent conauct, 1; committing nui sance, 1. Wm. H. Walker, Sheriff of Wakulla county, on Thursday last made a seizure of /our hundred aod sixty sticks of red cedar, which had been cut upon tbe public lands in Jefferson county aud removed to the Spanish Hole for the purpose of being con veyed to New Orleans. The Key West Dispatch says : “Captain Baker shipped on the steamer City of Hous ton last Sunday morning fifteen crates of fine pineapples, the first of the season, vykick were grown at his field on Key Largo.” Seventeen persons (fifteen colored and two white), who had been convicted of various offences, were arraigned before Judge Dawkins, oi Duval Superior Court, last Friday, aud received the iollowing sen tences : Aaron Sargent, two cases, larceny, penitentiary, ten years. E. FreemaD, forg ery, penitentiary, five years. Charles Wil son, larceny, penitentiary, three years. Shepard Adams, larceny, penitentiary, one year. W. Shafer, larceny, county jail, two years. J. Bailey, J- Saunders, Jenkins and Tillman, larceny, county jail, one year. P. Redding, P. Brown, T. Murphy and C. Rob inson, larceny, county jail, six months. Prue Middleton and W. Williams, larceny, fine. Two little negro boys were sentenced to the county jail for one day for larceny. The Tallahassee Floridian says: “LeRoy D. Ball, United States Surveyor General of Florida, has received instructions to prepare and submit for approval at Washington, contract and instructions for a survey of the lands granted by the State of Georgia to private citizens south of the present boun dary line. By act of Congress of April 9, 1872, the titles to these lands was confirmed to the present owners deriving title from the State of Georgia, and it is intended to re trace and remark the lines of the surveys made by tbe State of Georgia in order to ascertain what lauds so granted lie within the State of Florida, and enter the tract*-, with names of present owners, on the plats in the Surveyor General’s office. It is not intended to disturb the present owners, but raGier to ascertain their claims, in order that the act of Congress confirming these claims may take effect. The Surveyor Gen eral wi uld be glad to confer personally or by letter with parties owting these lands before preparing instructions for the sur vey.” The negroes of Florida are about to or ganize a convention to meet at Tallahassee on the 4th of July, as will bo seen by the following, which we find in the Jacksonville ‘‘Jacksonville, Fla., May 30, 1877. “At a meeting held this day the following was adopted: “We recognize the fact that no body of men have ever been elevated under the in fluences of education, civilization aud Chris tianity, that did not put forth some exer tion on the part of themselves. And, it is no less evident that the colored man is yet a power in the body politic, and that this land, builded up and made what it is by his muscle and toil, is destined as much for his home as for the home of others, with whose interests his is identical. “And believing that we can arrive at the end sought to be reached—to wit: An under standing a3 to our present position, and whither we are drifting—better by concert of action on the part of the colored men of this State, therefore, t . . “It is suggested and we who hereto at tach our names invite the colored meu of the State, by their delegates, to assemble in council at Tallahassee on the fourth da} of July, A. D. 1877, at ten o’clock a. m. Each connty will bt> entitled to the same number of delegates and alternates aB have been usually allowed in State conventions held in this State. “It is also suggested that a mass meeting be held in each county in this State, on Saturday, the 23d day of June, A. D. 1877, and st snch meetings delegates and alternates be elected to assemble iu council at Tallahassee as aforesaid. “John B. Scott, W. W. Sampson, A. Lof ton F Carolina, J. W. Bowen, M.J. John son’ Alfred Grant, C. B. Simmons, Thomas Lancaster, T. C. Claiborne, M. P. Chappell, Joseph E. Lee, Emannel Fortune, May Green, Ellis Moon, Richard Jones, Daniel M. Mclunis, W. T. Garvin, Samuel Craft, John H. Brown, T. Willi ams, James John- son, J. J. Forb ®j' OBEPH e. Lee, Secretary. “Jons R. Scott, Chairman. “N B —Delegates that live east of Talla hassee are informed that an excursion will leave Jacksonville on the morning of the r u iv at ten oclock, and return on tho 5th, and that they can obtain tickets at reduced rates.” The following appointments and removals have been made bv His Excellency the Gov- rMSSSfeSM! Snowden and George w. Martin to be Justices of ,b t, I '‘ a ® e u h Duval—Wm. S. KawsonaudE. J. Aurphev to be constables until next election to fill v Escambia-A. H. Wtlson Edmund Whit mire aDd Kirabrongh J. Whitmire to be BP H°arnando—W. be j. Baker to be Connty Commisasioner, vice J. B. Law, term ex- '''\Iouroe—j. p. Williams to be Auctioneer. Santa Rosa—Enoch Chadwick reappointed C T j y oSnv 6 ri° D j e Wa,kins to he Justice of the Peace; David L. Dunham to be No tary Public for the State at large. Walton—F. J- White to be Inspector of Lumber. in exchange has this to say respecting: Middle Floriua: “ This magnificent belt ot i T i ne contiguous to Georgia, al- couat,y, y P t e(i i)y » railroad from east lo°w!st P jet has no access to the outside ‘ n-M sTCRDt by dirt roads, when a abort n’f only tweDtv miles wonld connect the link of only twenty Une from Athntll ‘- rm M D .non Albany aud Thomasrille, with vta Macon, A J This beautiful country Kost i 'erra incognita, simply because of the short-sighted policy of not connect ing it with the splendid railroad system of Georgia at Thomasville. The finest upland soil between Kentucky and tbe Gnlf lies on the beautiful lakes and rivers in Mid dle Florida, aDd sells for one-fonrth of its real value. The country is high, dry, fertile and healthy, and pro duces almost anv_ thing' that grows on laud, except wheat and clover. Negro labor is abundant, effective and cheap. For ty acres can easily be cultivated with one mule, and will make five hundred bushels of corn and ten bales of cotton, without manure. Lands can be booght at four to ten dollars per acre, when they are really worth from twenty to forty if properly ad vertised. While East Florida—which the tourist and land hunter sees between Live Oak and Jacksonville and np the St. John’s river—is a thin, sandy pine land, nninviting and unproductive, with the exception of isolated spots of hammock on the lakes, which are now principally in the hands of capitalists, aud devoted to orange and tropi cal fruits, and are not for sale, except at fabulous prices, and which are not as pro ductive or valuable as the lands in Middle Florida.” THE DEMOCRACY OF BULLOCH. The Banner County—Presentation of the Flat. I i pursuance of a call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party, a publio meeting was held at Statesboro on the 4th day of Jane. Dr. John I. Lane being called to the chair, the following business was trans acted : . Resolved, 1. That on Wednesday, the 27th instant, the people of Bulloch coun ty meet at Statesboro to receive the ban ner to be presented to the county by the Hon. Juiian Hartridge iu appreciation of the fact of their haring oast a solid Dem ocratic vote for him in the last Congres sional election. Resolved, 2. That all citizens ot the county are earnestly solicited to come out on the above stated day, and bring well fi led haskets. Resolved, 3. That D. R. Groover, Esq , as Chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of the county, be request ed to receive the banner in the name of the people. Resolved, 4. That the colored people of the county are also cordially invited to be present. Resolved, 5. That a committee be ap pointed to request the barkeepers to neither sell or give away intoxicating liquors on that day. Resolved, 6. That the following citi zens act as a committee of arrangements: A. B. Miller, Solomon Akins, Joshua Brannen, John Ohff, Wm. Lee, Jr., John Bvaunen, Josiah Zitterrower, A. B. Riggs, W. B. Griner, Thomas Mikell, W. W. Oliff. M. B. Hendricks, W. E. Parrish, Neel Buie, Benjamin Atwood, Clem Mer cer, E. Edenfield, Benjamin Ellis, I. Par- rish, A. Trapnell, W. A. SummerJing. E. B. Kennedy, Robert Turner, John De loach, Sr., M. J. Green, I. L. Rimes, W. C. Anderson, Edmund Kennedy, Eli Ken nedy, A. C. Williams, James Younge, Sr., Dr. J. F. Brown, William Donaldson, A. Scarber, Jasper Franklin, R W. Deloach, M. C. Jones, Oliver Finch, James Hend ricks, Sr., Z. D. Deloach, David Beasley, R. B. Slater, J. E. C. Tillman, Solomon Hogins, Dr. G. W. Lease, W. A. Hodges, G. R. Hagins, R. N. J. Williams, Asberry Hodges, Joel Newsom, W. D. BranneD, J. C. Cromley, B. E. Grimes, S. E. Groover, J. F. Brannen, J. G. Slater, Wm. Lee, Sr., S. L Moore, F. S. Wil liams, James Denmark, Sr. Resolved, 7. That the above committee are requested to meet at Statesboro, on Tuesday, 26th instant, for making the necessary arrangements. Resolved, S. That D. R. Groover, Dr. M. L. Boyd and W. B. Griner be appointed as a committee to notify Mr. Hartridge of the arrangements. Da. John I. Lane, Chairman. W. N. Hall, Sec’y. The Convention—Mass Meeting of the Citizens or Clinch County. A mass meeting of the citizens of Clinch connty having assembled at Stock- ton, the meeting being called to order by G. G. Foreman, on motion of Henry Daughtery, Mr. C. W. Curry was made Chairman and W. B. N. Crews requested to act as Secretary. The object of tbe meeting being explained, and the subject of the Constitutional Convention being discussed, the following resolution was read and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That after fully- discussing tbe question of a Constitutional Conven tion, and the claims of the different can didates and aspirants for delegates to the convention, should one be called, this meeting do nominate as candidates to said convention, the following named gentle men: Hon. Wm. S. Tomlinson, of Clinch; Dr. Daniel Lott, of Ware. Resolved farther. That we cordially so licit all voters of the Fifth Senatorial Dis trict to the support of this ticket, irre spective of their views, whether for o r against a convention. C. W. Ctjeey, Chairman. W. B. N. Chews, Secretary. Southern Education.—The Spring- field (Mass.) Republican, after describing the elective system of education pursued in tbe University of Virginia, according to the principle laid down by its founder, Mr. Jefferson, says that however much the common school may have been neglected at the South the collegiate education never has been. This, it adds, is strongly illustrated by the fact that in the last Congress the chief Southern States had a mnoh larger proportion of college graduates than the Northern. As regards common schools, it ought to be remembered that Mr. Jefferson con- tsmplated a State system of education, of which the primary Ecbools were to be tbe base and the Virginia University was to be the apex. Its free pupils were to be seleoted from a secondary class of schools, and the free pupils of this secondary class from the primary schools, all mainly supported by public funds taken from the Treasury or raised by taxation on the people. It was a part of the avowed plan and design of the founder of the Uni versity of Virginia that it, and it alone, should complete the education of the free pupils supported by the public funds. Iu consequence of recent legislation in Virginia it is probable that there never was a time when *he comprehensive in tentions of Mr. J-fferson in this regard were as fully carried out as at present.— Baltimore Sun. A Fleet, Flying Serpent. -Yester day noon the residents of the eastern portion of the city were surprised, and not a little terrified at first, by the ap pearance in the heavens, and apparently hovering over them, of a fiery, flying serpent of immense dimensions. Its head appeared a lurid flame, while its eyes rolled as if in search of victims. Its motions through the air, as it billowed here and there, were like the contortions of a huge snake. This monster was sub sequently ascertained to be a Chinese kite. Its head was red paper, with eyes half red and half white, which rolled as the wind found its way through the apertures representing the sockets. This head kite was followed by eighteen others, about eighteen inches apart, made of timed paper, oblong in shape, through the centre of whioh passed slender rattans, the tips extending^ some distance on each side and trimmed with fire-red paper tassels. Similar tassels along the tail and pendant from the head gave the whole a flying and fiery ap pearance truly startling.— Virginia(Ifev.) Enterprise. A goat got taDgled among the legs of a neck tie peddler the other day, and for a time it seemed as though the wrongs of an outraged community were about to be avenged; but the peddler escaped alive. —Rome Sentinel- An army and navy b :wl will be given when the next pay day comes round, and nothing is found in the chests of the Pay masters.—Picayune. FROM THE CAPITAL CITY. Pernonal and City Items—Goaip About the C onvention Question—Jadce (>eorf?e Hlllyer—He Mncceeda the l^ate Judge Peeples - Romance versus Truth — A GuDhing Sensational Keporter—Show ing the Depravity ot Degraded Femnlea— P i mi I Paragraphs of a Local Charac ter. [Special Correspondence Morning News.] THE CONNECTICUT BORGIA. I The Woman Who Jlurdrrtd Ten Persons. Atlanta, June 5.—No rain yet, al though there were signs of it last night, which were hailed with joy, but this morning finds the earth still dry and parched. The “Gate City” is alive with amuse ments of all kinds, including chnrch fes tivals, concerts and mixed entertain ments. And yet merchants complain that they can’t collect any money. Rev. J. T. Lsftwich, D. D., pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of this city, is to deliver the Baccalaureate ser mon at Emory College, Oxford, at the approaching commencement. Rev. Dr. L. is a learned and eloquent divine, and his selection by a Methodist college is quite a pleasing compliment. Miss Louise W. King, of Augusta, and other officials of the “Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” are at the Kimball House. They will hold a meeting of the Atlanta Branch Society to night at the hall of the Young Men’s Library. Our people are giving a hearty support to the movement. about the convention question. “Many Democrats” announce to-day their “Anti-Convention Ticket,” headed by the name of ex Governor Joseph E. Brown. As that gentleman is absent from the city, it is safe to presume that his name is used without his authority, and in op position to his present views. Gen. L. J. Gartrell is the second name on the ticket. This is rather unfortunate, as that gentleman assured me yesterday that he was in favor of a convention. Weeks ago, when the matter was in a “muddle,” he did not favor the move ment. His views have changed as the subject has become more clearly defined. Xne letters of ex-Attorney General Akerman and Conley and Bryant have had the effect to change the views of hundreds of Democrats and some Repub licans who were opposed to a convention. I never saw such a radical (taken both ways) change in public sentiment upon an important question. Some of the most violent opponents of the movement have simply withdrawn all opposition, whilst others have entered as zealously into an earnest advocacy of the measure. The last Legislature ut terly failed to secure any relief from taxa tion in providing a less expensive system for conducting public affairs, and despite the fear of a removal of the capital, Ful ton county will vote for a convention. JUDGE GEORGE HILLYEB. Yielding to the pressure of the Fnlton bar, Gov. Colquitt yesterday appointed Major George Hillyer to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Peeples, until the Legislature meets. Although enjoying a large practice, and burdened with important business engagements, Major Hillyer has accepted the appointment, and will open court on Monday next. As the business of the term has been delayed and increased by the ill health of'his predecessor, Judge Hillyer will find ample scope for the display of his quick, clear-sighted and laborious legal qualities. Our new Judge comes of good stock, his father, ex-Judge Junius Hillyer (who was an intimate friend of the late Judge Peeples), is one of the most active and honored citizens of this section of the State, and his brother and law partner, Hon. Henry Hillyer, who now represents Fulton county in the Legislature, has already attained an enviable reputation at the bar and in the forum.. It is a singular fact that the first cases to come before Judge Hillyer are those of ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock, followed by those of Foster Blodgett. And when I state that there will be no convictions, I do not mean to say that Bullock and Blodgett are innocent. I simply record afoot—that it is now impossible to pro cure the testimony with which to secure a verdict of guilty. Because of this, and for no other reason that I can discover, the cases will be dismissed or con- tinned. ROMANCE VERSUS TRUTH. Judge Richard H. Clark, of the City Court, publishes a very sensible and timely letter in the Constitution of this morning, in which he knocks the romance out of the Sallie Ellers case, which has occupied about eight or ten oolumns of that paper during the past ten days. As yonr Georgia news column recently contained a paragraph in regard to her, it may be well to inform your readers that rhe was no “ mere chili,” and that her only offense was not that “ she had no home." Facts show that she was over eighteen years old, and one of the most depraved aDd abandoned of her sex, hav ing fallen sc low as to cohabit with no gro men. Judge Clark shows that every effort was made to reclaim her months ago, but in vain. He also states that there are other cases of a similar character, and that there is no course open to him but that which the law marks out— to commit them to the chain gang. They are nuisances of the vile-.t sort, and tLe public peace and good morals demand that they shall be properly dealt with. While he approves the proposed move ment to reform such degraded females, he most emphatically demands that romantic and sensational journalists Bball not represent such old and hardened criminals as “mere children,” and oharge that they are on the chain gang simply because they “have no home.” Truth and justice cry out against such slanders upon the courts and a Christian com munity. FINAL PARAGRAPHS. Jesse Jackson, of this city, is one of President Hayes’ civil service reform (.*) appointments, and is on a par with the appointments of Butler, McLir, and Stearns. The next. The Bank of the State of Georgia, of this city, is now erecting the most elegant bankiDg house in the State, on the corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets. Who says times are hard? Lieutenant Addiso* F. Barnett, son of Colonel N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State, has been appointed Adjutant of the At lanta Battalion by its newly elected Ma jor, Captain C. W. Henderson. Lieut. Barnett is “every inch a soldier,” and was the unanimous choice of his comrades. Atlanta is unlike any other plaoe in the world in more than one respect, The city fathers, in view of the hard times, have adopted the cheapest plan to settle the poison water question In the Gen eral Council, as the record shows, “Al derman McMillan offered a resolution de claring tbe water in the city weils pure and unadulterated, which was passed.” Of course, “that do settle it.” And now a prominent physician calls npon them to pass a resolution that gir- bage from the gutters and filth from oth er localities, when damped in the streets for fills, or into sinks, and covered withafew inches of earth, or left to the hot rays of the sun, will not affect the health of the city unpleasantly. Of such is the city of Atlanta 1 Chatham. “A gentleman surnamed tbe American Flag,” says the San Fiancisco News Letter, who is stopping at the Falace Hotel, was the other day the victim of a fearful out rage. It seems this gentleman, who is tall, commenly wears the highest collars ever seen in ’Frisco. He received a note from a firm of bill-stickers, asking if he did not wish to let out the backs of those art idee for advertising.” We have already published a brief ac count of the escape of Mrs. Lydia Sher- 1 man from the Connecticut State prison, , to which for her numerous murders she j had been sentenced for life. The follow ing is a resume of the main points of her horrible confession, made January 10, 1873, after she had been sentenced to im prisonment for life for the murder of her third husband, Mr. Sherman : HER CONFESSION. I was bora near the town of Burling ton, New Jersey, December 24, 1824. My mother died when I was nine years old, and I was sent to live with my uncle, Mr. John Clay gay. I never attended school much, being unable to go only about three months in the year. At six teen years of age I went to New Bruns wick with my two brothers, and afterward went to live with the Rev. Mr. Van Am- burg, in Jacksonville, twenty-five miles from New Brunswick. I lived there for three years, then returned to New Bruns wick and learned to be a tailoress. I worked three months without pay, and was then employed by a Mr. Owen. He was a class leaderin the Methodist Church, of which I became a member. It’ was there that I met Mr. Edward Struck, who was a devoted Christian up to a few months before his death. I was his wife eighteen years; he has been dead about eight years. Oar first child we called Lydia, and after her birth we went to New York, and resided near Elizabeth and Houston streets. In New York we had two boys. Afterward we moved to Carmansville, where we had four children born. At the end of that time Mr. Struck cbtained an appointment on the Metropolitan Police force. Six months later we lost a daughter, aged twenty, two months, by the measles. About this time my husband was transferred to Manhattanville, and we moved to 125th street. Then occurred our first trouble, which came about in this way : THE FIRST TROUBLE. A man came up to Stratton's Hotel, on the Bloomingdale road, and made a dis turbance in the bar-room. He attacked the bar-tender with a knife, and imme diately the cry of murder was sounded. Just at this time the Manhattanville stage came along, and on it was a detective, who heard the cry. He rushed into the hotel, but finding he was powerless to do anything, he asked for the assistance of a policemiD. There was none near, and he endeavored to quiet the man by talk ing to him, bat he could not succeed. The man appeared deranged. The de tective struck him with a cane, but the man wonld not desist. He struck the •officer with a knife, when the latter drew a pistol and shot the man dead. The stage drove on, and soon met Mr. Struck, aDd as he was a policeman, the driver told him the circumstances about the kfiling of the man at the hotel. Mr. Struck started immediately for the hotel, and when he reached there he found that the man was dead. Word was sent to the Manhattanville police station, and the doctors gave it as their opinion that the man was deranged. My husband reported at headquarters, and soon after a rumor prevailed that he would not arrest the man because he had a pistol. This was incorrect, but the employees of the hotel testified that Mr. Struck was at the place, and was afraid to go in. The result was that he was discharged from the police force. Then my husband became downhearted and discouraged. Captain Harft tried to get him back on the force, but failed, and then Struck, who had always been a good workman, did nothing but fret all the time. Sometimes he would lie in bed for seven or eight weeks, without allow ing me to S8nd for a doctor. One day he said he wanted to see his daughter Ger trude, who was married to a Mr. William Thompson; so I went to New York and took her up to see him, but he said very little to her. Gertrude sent a doctor to see her faiher, but the latter said he was not sick. Once he pat a pistol in his mouth, and threatened to blow his head off. On another day he tried to get a razor to cut his throat, but I took it away from him. Then I sent for Capt. Hartt, but wheD he came my husband wculd neither look, speak, nor have anything to do with him. The Captain said he was out of his mind, and advised me to have him sent to an asylum. MEETING THE TEMPTER. One night after this he was acting very badly, and I called in Police Sergeant Me , who lived in the lower part of our house. The Sergeant advised me to pat him oat of the way, as he would never be any good to me or himself again. I asked him what he meant, and he told me to get a certain quantity of arsenic and give him some of it. I paid ten cents for it, put it in some oatmeal gruel, and gave him some of it during the after noon. That night he was very ill, and at eight o’clock the next morning be died. The following July I made up my miud that my two little children, Mary Ann, six years old, and Edward, two years younger, would be better off if they were out of the way, so, after thinking the matter over for several days, I made them some of the same kind of gruel their father had eateD. They only survived a short time. The doctors said that the children died of gastric fever. They had not the least suspicion of the truth. I continued to keep house, and had four children with me at. the time. My son, George Whitfield, who was then fourteen years of age, was living wilh me. In tne latter part of August he was taken sick, and I sent for Dr. Oviatt. He said the boy had painter’s colic, and as he did not improve I became discour aged, and mixed some arsenic in his tea. He died the next day, and the doctor said it was painter's colic. Then my little daughter, Ann Eliza, took the chills and fever, and was con tinually sick. This made me down hearted and discouraged again. I had some arsenic in the house, which I pur- chased in Harlem, and I pnt it in the medicine I bought for her to cure the chills. I gave it to her twice; then she was taken sick, as the others were, and died about noon four days afterward. She was tbe happiest child I ever saw. I then kept house until the following May, going out as usual to do nursing. About that time Lydia, my eldest daugh ter, weDt to New York with work, was taken sick, and after an illness of twenty- one days she died a natural death. I never gave her anything the doctor did not order. Then I went to Sailorsville, Pa., with a family named Maxom. It was not a profitable venture, so I returned to New York and went to live with my step daughter, Mrs. Thompson. Then I took a situation with Mr. Cochran, who kept a sewing machine establishment in Canal street. There I became acquainted with Mr. James Curtiss. He asked me to take care of his aged mother and keep house for them. I consented to go for eight dollars per month. I lived there eight months. One day Mr. John Fairchild, at whose store I bought groceries, asked me if I would like to keep house for a man who had just lost his wife. Iu this way I became acquainted with Mr. Hurlburt, who lived in Coram, HuntingtoD, After I had been a few days with him he asked me to marry him, which I did November 22, 1868. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Morton in his own hense. We lived happily for fourteen months. About three months after we were married Mr. Hurlburt made his will. He was subject to fits of dizziness. One day he was unwell and he eat clams and drank cider with saleratns init. Then he became worse. On one oocasion he made me drink cider and saleratns, after tyhich I became very sick i^nd dizzy, and took to vomiting. Finally: Mr- Hur.burt became worse, and about five o'clock one morning the old man died. Now, I wish to say that I anti gave Mr. Bsdburt anything that would cause siokuess, though there may have beenaniniesuxed with the saleratns which he put into the cider. About two months after Hurlburt died I heard that Horatio N. Sherman, of Bir mingham, wanted me to take a little baby to board. I met Mr. Sherman one Sunday morning. He introduced himself to me, and said that he had auuther object in calling besides getting me to take care of his baby. He wanted me as his house keeper, because his muther-in-law and his daughter could not get along well together. I said I wonld think about it. Two weeks later he came again and offer ed to marry me. I told him we ought to be better acquainted. He said that he was compelled to get some one, as he conld not have the old woman in the house, as she was creating a constant dis turbance. He then weDt away, and I did not see him again for three or four weeks; but at the end of that time he fonnd me a tenant for my farm, which ended in my lending him $300. THE THIRD HUSBAND. In July, 1870, I lent him three hundred dollars more, and on the 2d of Septem. ber, 1870, we went to Mr. Sherman’s sister’s house in Bridgewater; Mass.. and were married. After we had been married about two mouths Mr. Sherman said one day that he wished his babe (Frank) would die, as then the old womau should not stay an other day in the house. I was full of trouble, and not knowing wbat to do, I was tempted to give him (Frank) some thing to get him out ot the way, for I thought he woul 1 be better off. They had arsenic in the house. The old lady had used it before to poison rats. I put some of it in some milk, and only gave it to him once. Being quite feeble, lie began to be sick and to vomit I sent for a doctor, but he said tbe child was not ont of danger, though he was better. This was in tbe forenoon. That night the child died at eleven o’clock. This was November 15, 1870. 1 Instead of making matters better, every thing grew worse. Mr. Sherman and his mother in-law kept constantly quarreling about a piano, for which she claimed Mr. Sherman owed her $70. I sold my farm for $1,100, of which I received $300 cash; so I gave Mr. Sherman $100, told him to pay her, which he did, and then the old woman left us. Mr. Sherman then took to drink, and I supported, the family for about six months. During this time I found that he had dissipated the money I gave him, instead of paying his bills with it, so I had to pay out about $300 more for him. Then came Christmas, and Ada devoted a great deal of time in decorating the church. I furnished her with all her clothes and paid her dressmaking bills. On Christmas eve Ada was taken sick, and Dr. Beardsley was egain sent for. He prescribed a brandy sling for her, bat Mr. Sherman drank all the liquor I bought. I could not keep a drop for Ada. The next morn ing she was no better, and we sent for Dr. Dutton, of Milford. When the doc tor came Mr. Sherman was so drunk that he could not walk straight. Mr. Sherman asked me for $10 to pay ihe doctor. I refused to give it to him, saying that I would pay the doctor myself. Then he got mad and went ont. STILL ANOTHER MURDER. That made me feel so bad that I was tempted to do as I bad done before. I had some arsenic in the house, which I mixed in her tea and gave it to her twice. She died the next morning. Then Mr. Sherman began drinking more than ever. He did very little for the family, leaving me to pay for every thing. He went on in that way until quite late in the winter. His brother An drew and wife, and his brother George, came to visit U9, bnt that only made mat ters worse. I tried to get Mr. Sherman to join the temperance society, but he kept on drinking. At last I joined a temperance society, and then George Sherman and my husband joined it together. My husband kept sober only a few weeks, and then went to drinkin: harder than ever. He next sold my piano for three hundred and twenty-five dollais, and put three hundred dollars in the bank in my name. Two weeks after he drew it out and went to New Haven, where he spent every cent of it. I sent my step son, Nelson Sherman, to find his father, and one evening about 8 o’clock he ar rived. I met him at the door and said, “I’m glad to see you alive.” The next day being Saturday he remained at home all day. Sunday he went out and came home very drunk. Monday he went cut again, and returned in the evening. He drank a enp of chocolate and then went out to get some greens for dinner. THE LAST MURDER. While he was gone he was taken sick, and came home immediately. I had about a pint of brandy in the house, and I pnt some arsenic in it. Tnat night he drank it, and the next morning he was very sick. I did not mean to kill him; I only wanted to make him sick of liquor. Tbe next day he drank more of the brandy and was worse, I sent for Dr. Beardsley, and told him that Mr. Sherman had one cf his old spells. He continued to grow worse; other doctors were called in, but he died at eight o’clock the followii g morning. The electric light, which promisessome day to be generally employed in work shops, large halls, depots, etc., if not in dwelling houses, has been greatly im proved within the last few years, France alone furnishing several important in ventions cheapening and simplifying the means of generating electricity and of converting it into light. It will be remembered that the chief difficulty with the ordinary electric light used by lec turers is that of maintaining the carbon points at exactly the right distance from each other daring combustion. This has bsen done by means of clockwork, cr through the agency of electro-magnetic devices; but both methods are objection able on account of the cost and delicacy of the mechanism employed. The latest invention in Frunce is a con trivance called a “candle,” made of two carbon rods, separated by kaolin (of which porcelain is made) or other refractory substances. This in sulating material does not extend to tbe end of the rode, and when the current passes the arc or curve through which tfca spark passes is produced between the ex tremities of the carbon. As these be come consumed tbe refractory substance is vaporized by the great heat, so that the protruding ends of carhon are always left in ihe right proportion to give the bett light. In the best apparatus the curren’ is alternately reversed, securing an equal consumption of the two carbon points. The Comptes Rendus reports that this apparatus emits a light as soft and steady as any that is known, and varying in intensity accord ing to the dimensions of the coil and strength of the primary current from the brightness of a single candle to the briliance of a chandelier of fifteen or twenty burners. Several sets of these carbon points can be put on the same cir cuit, aud the apparatus is now in nse for the illumination of some large stores in Paris. The “candle” can be extinguished by tbe breaking of tbe circuit, aod then reignited if the interval is not longer than a couple of seconds, and it is pro posed to use the apparatus for transmit ting signals by flashes, according to the Morse telegraphic alphabet. Russia is about to try the new invention, and it is eaid that experiments with it will soon be made at the headquarters of the army now in the field. MAHOMET’S FAITH. 1 rigid. Grawth aud Spread of BlafaaB- otedaoiuai. As a train from New Haven was ap proaching Stamford, Conn., on Friday morning, three heavy stones, thrown in quick sneession, struck it with great force. One of these passed through a window and inflioted a painful wonnd upon the shoulder of ex-Lientenant Gov emor Averill, who was on his way to New York. The train was stopped, and the man who threw the ipissiles was cap tured and taken to Stamford before a Justice of the Peace. He said he was a tramp, and acknowledged having stoned four trains. He wm oommitted in de fault of $1,000 bail to appear before the Superior Court. A week or two ago a young man was strack on one eye by a stone coming through a windo v in this way, and will probably lose his sight in consequence. (From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.] The probability that Mohammedan nations will come to the support of Turkey in case the Sultan makes the ap peal by unfurling the flag of the Prophet, makes the relations that these nations sustain to Christian nations, and the characteristic or special features of the Mohammedan religion, questions of pre sent and vital interest. The people at large have always held vague notions as to the real character of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism, aud have hesitated to admit that the religion was anything more than idolatry, or that tbe Moslems were ever more than an ignorant and superstitions people. In both cases the opposite is tru». Mohammedanism has always been the inveterate foe of idolatry, and Moslem learning and art had at one time great influence in Europe. Mohammed, Mahomet, the founder of the Mussulman religion, was born in Mecca, Arabia, November 10, 570, and died at Medina, June 3, 632. His family belonged to the distinguished tribe of Koreish, who claimed to be directly de scended from Abrabam by bis son Ish mael. Before he was twelve years old the boy Mohammea made journeys through Syria and other countries, and became acquainted with Christian monks, He also traveled extensively in Arabia. At the age of twenty-five he married, and for ten years lived a quiet, common place life. When thirty-five or forty years of age, Mohammed gave himself up to religious contemplation. He was in the habit of retiring to a cave of Mt. Hara, aDd there amid spasmodic convulsions he had, ac cording to the Mohammedan story, his first vision. The at: gel Gabriel appeared and commanded him to recite what he (the angel) said. He was much troubled about this, and on consultation with an old Arab, who knew the scrip tures of the Jews and Christians, he was informed that “God has chosen him to be the prophet of his people.” The revelations continued from that time to the end of his life, were committed to memory by his adherents, and after his death collected and written down. His first convert was his wife. At the end of three years his adherents num bered only forty. When he declared his mission as the Prophet of God his own tribe outlawed him, aDd for some years he was persecuted. He fled from Mecca in 662 (the date of the Hegira, the be ginning of the Moslem era,) to Medina, and established his religion. In the succeeding years he returned to Mecca, overcame the Koreishites, and was acknowledged as sovereign and Prophet, and in a few years subjected Arabia to his rale. Iu the ninth year of the Hegira he proclaimed his first holy war against the Byzantine or Greek empire. This was a complete failure. The next year he made his celebrated pilgrimage to Mecca, at the head of forty thousand pilgrims. Three months after his return to Medina be was taken seriously ill. He announced his own death in the mosque, and prayed that God might sup port him in the agony of death. He left only one child, Fatima, who became the wife of Alt. Students of Moslem literature concede that Mohammed was a man of great power. He was acquainted with the doctrines of both Jews and Christians, but in his lectures to his followers misre presented both. His visions were re ceived in a state similar to that made so familiar by clairvoyants and spiritualists. The spasmodic convulsions which attend ed every manifestation of revelation, as described in the records, were very aim ilar to the phenomena connected with clairvoyant speaking, eto. He announced himself as the restorer of the pure re ligion revealed by God to Abraham. He required Pagans to leave their idols and worship the one true God; required Jews to exchange the law ot Moses tor what he claimed was the new and final revelation given to him, and required Christiana to cease worshipping Christ as God, claim ing that this was inconsistent with tbe doctrine taught by Christ himself. Many trace the religion of Mohain ied to the forms of Judaism aud Christianity exist ing in Arabia at the time, whioa he in terminglcd with the traditions aod alle gories of his race. Tbe fundamental doctrine of the Ko ran, or of Mohammedanism, is this “There is but one God, and Mohammed is his Prophet.” Tho idea of God does not differ in material points from that held by Christians, except that they re- ject entirely the dootrine of the Trinity. The Mohammedans believo that Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mo hammed were divinely commissioned to proclaim new laws and dispensations j that to the prophets were revealed certain scriptures inspired by God; that all those have perished except the Pentateuch, the Psalms, the Gospel and the Koran ; that the first tar e have been falsified and mu tilated, and that the Koran supersedes them all. They regard Christ as next to Mohammed, bet deny that he was the Son of God, and that he was crucified, believing that some other person suffered in his place, while he was taken up to God. They believe in the second coming of Christ, as heralding tbe approach of the last j udgment. As to future life, they believe that God will judge men by their acts in this life; that the time of resur rection is known only to God; that after judgment all men must pass over a bridge finer than a hair and sharper than a sword,” the good passing over easily, the wicked falling headloDg to hell; that all who believe in the unity of God will final ly be released from punishment and enter paradise, while idolaters and hypocrites suffer eternally. The Mohammedans observe atriotly the outward forms of their religion, regard ing the Koran as the rule of their re ligious, oivil and social life. The Koran forbids gambling, intemperance and usury; urges charity, and provides for the punishment of crimes; condemns pride, avarice, debauchery, and insists on sub mission to the will of God, on forbear ance, love of peace, sincerity, truthful ness and benevoh nee. It restricts, but does not prohibit polygamy, and presents a sensual idea of heaven. After the death of Mohammed the pro- mnlgation of his doctrines spread with amazing rapidity. Tbe Moslems con quered Syria (making Jerusalem ODe of their holy cities), Persia, Assyria and all of Northern Africa before the beginning of the eighth century. Then they crossed into Spain, conquered province after province: then into Gaul, where they met their first great defeat i ear Tours, in 732. They advanced into China, swe.pt over Judea, establishing great empires, and mastered a portion of the Greek em pire. Then they were in tnm overran by the Tartar tribes, led by the Turks, bnt these adopted the religion of the people they conquered and became its champions, and in 1543 they captured Constantinople. This was the golden age of Mohammedanism, and the Otto man empire was at the zenith of its power. Forty years afterward the Mo hammedans were forced out of Western Europe, and there has been a gradual de cline ever since. There come dissensions in their own ranks, aod they divided into two great sects, the Sunnites and Shi^ht Instead of tbe wonderful unity and en thusiasm that had prevailed, a hostility on the part of one oeot for tbe other was developed. The Mohammedans of the Ottoman Empire, of Arabia, Turkestan and Africa, are Sunnites, and the Per sians and the Mohammedans of India, Shiahs. It is estimated that of both sects there are now one hundred and fifty millions in Europe, Asia and Afrioa, fully one hundred millions being in Asia. Mohammedanism was well oaloulated to influence idolatrous and superstitious nations. Its promulgation and rapid rise in power were at a time when the Chris tian religion was beset by enemies on all sides. It is. noticeable that in no caaa did a Christian r ation conquered by a Mohammedan nation soponaa tbe Mo hammedan religion. Mohammedan jam t a lower typo of cirib- the Roman empire of the Rant, bnt the Christiana remain Christiana to this day. As the Koran, written twelve hundred years ago,with Arabic life in mind,tarnish es the political system for Mohammedan nations, they have made little progress. Arabia has gone backward instead of for ward , Persia has lost her ancient glory, and Turkey made no progress until forced to acoept Western political philosophy. Mohammedan nations have stood stub bornly at the line drawn in 1632, and have refused to advance, asking nothing and desiring nothing beyond what ia out lined in the Koran. In the meantime tbe Chriatian nations that cowered at one time at the feet of the Moslem conquer ors have, with few exceptions, been mov ing forward. Wbat is known as tbe civilized world is near!y|all Christian, and the nations are atrODg and wealthy. Mo hammedanism is strong among the tribes of Africa and tbe nomadic nations of Asia. With these facts in mind we come to the consideration of the prob able results in case tbe Sultan should unfurl the flag of the Prophet and call upon all Mohammedans to join in a holy war. He would forfeit all claim to sup port from those nations which now sup port Turkey, not because she is Moham medan, but because she is European. In the old days of holy wars it was easy to arm and clothe a mass of adventurous soldiers ; bnt, suppose the Mohammedans of Africa and Asia poured into Russia, they would come as a barbarous horde indifferently armed and without discip line, and against the discipline and arma ments of modern warfare they would have little chance of success. Such a movement would be the signal for new combinations in Enrope. Tbe Christian nations wonld soon be a unit in driving back the hordes animated by an anti-Christian fanaticism, and the result would be the end of the Ottoman empire. The Sultan will not take such a course unless he is prepared to cut loose from all European alliances, or unless he des pairs of help from European nations. If he does take it he plays into the hands of Russia and hastens his own downfall. It is questionable whether such an appeal would rouse the rival sect-i of Moham medans to the old war spirit of en thusiasm, but even if the response was no: general Russia wonld suffer. The importance of the event cannot be over rated, as it would make a new era in European politics. The unfurling of the flag of the Prophet would arouse the old spirit of warfare; it would be bad for Europe, bad for Mohammedanism and fatal to Turkey. READ, TAXPAYERS. Ninety Thouwnml Dollar* Appropriated from 1872 to 1876 for KepalrM, etc., on Public Buildin*n— Nearly all In and Aboot Atlanta—A Litile in .llllledseTille —We, the People, Call for an Itemized Statement—How ~)luch Spent on tbe Opera House f [From the MllJedgeville Recorder.] Editors Union and Recorder: I have read with interest the communications you published in your paper from “North Georgia,” “Cobb, ” and other correspon dents. I am glad that yon found the Comptroller Generals reports which I desired to see. I give you the result of my research and investigation in the matter. What will the taxpayers have to say about the appropriation ? What will the Constitutional Convention have to say when the question of removal is debated, as it ought and surely will be ? A three hundred thousand dollar Opera House capitol and one huudred thousand dollar Executive Mansion needing so great repairs, and in so few years ! But to the Comptroller General's report. I see from the report submitted Janu ary 1, 1873, bnt covering the year 1872, amount appropriated for public buildings, etc., $20,000. You will find on page 114 how the money was spent. It wtiuld be a good idea for you to publish it, and give the people an idea what it oost to run the Opera Honse os a capitol build ing. In report submitted in 1874, but cover ing the year 1873, I see amount appro- pri.ted $20,000. E. A. Flewellen, Super intendent. Report covering the year 1874, sub mitted January, 1875, amount appropria ted $20,000. Report covering the year 1875, sub mitted in 1876, amount appropriated $20,000. Report for 1876, submitted January 1, 1877, amount appropriated, $10,000 Balance undrawn, January 1, 1877, $505 69! That is gone by this time. The Atlanta Constitution may treat with ill assumed indifference the call made upon it to interview Messrs. Flewellen, Murphy and Van Estes, Superintendents, and ask them to give to the public an itemised statement. Whether the Atlanta Constitution thinks the matter worth its attention or not, the taxpayers of Georgia intend to make the issue, and it will remain to be seen if Atlanta, with her boasted in fluence, can buy up the convention, or bush the demand for a vote on the capi tal question. Ninety thousand dollars ! frem 1872 to 1876, with the promise that if Atlanta was made the capital, a capitol building would be furnished for ten years free of all cost to the State. Yet. we have been taxed to pay for an Opera House costing tbe State $300,000 and an Executive Mansion $100,000, and the little item of $00,000, for repairs, pay of Superintend ents, eto. Never in my recollection was such extraordinary repairs needed on the old capitol building in Milledgeville, ncr did the State need any Superintendent of Public Buildings. It is a fungus whioh has grown to an enormous size in Atlanta, and Bhould be cat off as soon as possible from the body politic of the State. Call the people’s attention to the above appro priation, Messrs. Editors. Baldwin. Let the delegates from Baldwin go fully prepared to discuss the matter. Would it not be a good idea for the citizens of Baldwin to raise a purse, so as to aid you ia getting up a sheet relative to the re moval of the capital, the promise made by the corporation and citizens of At lanta, and what it has cost the State so far. I hate duplicity in a city, as well as in tbe individual man—neither can be j ustified. The Methodists have had a long and weary time with their new hymn book, and the work is now said to be ready for tbe printer. About four hundred and fifty of the hymns contained in the old book have been omitted from the new one. This is well; for althougn many of these hymns contained pious sentiment, it was so clumsily expressed as to make the hymns almost unfit for use. Here ia one, for instance, so seldom sung that few people know of its existence : “ Ah 1 Lord, with trembling I confess A gracious soul may fall irom graeev The salt may lose its seasoning power, And never, never find it more.'’ It is difficult to see how a congregation could get up much enthusiasm over such a hymn as this. The power of Methodist singing consists largely in the fact that hymns of this class are bat little used. The book now in use was prepared in 1843, since which great advances have been made in bymnology. Ex-Mayor Lambert's Public Confes sion.—At the close of his sermon in the Lafayette avenne Presbyterian Chnrch, Brooklyn, yesterday morning, Dr. Cnyler said that it was no more than right that a recent member of the ohnrch should have a hearing. Ex Mayor Edward A. Lambert, who was dropped from the roll of membership until he bad made publio acknowledgment of his offense, walked unsteadily up tbe main aisle and then faoed the congregation. He read from manuscript and referred to the newspaper accounts of his defalcation of trust funds to the amount of over $50,000, and ex pressed sorrow for his betrayal. He fait that he had obtained the pardoning mercy or he would not have dared to address tfieu. Mr. Lambert frequently paused to choke down a sob, and there was hard- a dry eye after he had finished.—N. Sun, 28 th ult. 'I Drowning of a Minister at Harper’s Ferry.—The body of Rev. John M. Fri day, pastor of the Lutheran Chnrch at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., was fonnd drowned in the canal near that point oq Thursday last. He crossed over from the> Ferry to the Maiyland side Thursday evening to perform a marriage ceremony, and not returning daring the night anxious friends institated search with tbe above result. It is the impression of many that he was foully dealt with. Mr. Friday was a married man, aged about thirty yean. He graduated at the Penn- aylvania College, at Gettysburg, and ad the ministry in 1872. 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